Days 34-40 - Sick Leave: The Weekly Digest [40 Days of Gratitude 2024]

 

Looking out the window....

 

 
A cool experience...

This week has been rather mundane.

Favorite quote(s) of the week...

The only time you'll have a whole team that all looks just alike is if most of them are dumb because smart people don't want to hang out like a sheep.  - Dave Ramsey, EntreLeadership Podcast, November 25, 2024. 

It is safer for a believer to lie down in peace than to sit up and worry. - Charles Spurgeon, Faith's Checkbook, p. 8.

 

Nothing--no amount of fat or failure--can separate you from God's love or rob you of the conquering power you've inherited from Him. - Heather Harphan Kopp, The Dieter's Prayer Book, p. 30.

I'm thinking about...

I'm at a new stage in my financial journey.  After more than 25 years of battling, I'm finally out of debt.  Now my focus is on investments for the future (retirement, a house, etc.) and how these elements of finances work.  This process will come with a new mindset, a new set of terms, and a whole other set of skills to learn.

What I read this week...

• The Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott ✮✮✮✮ (Category:  A glorious reread)
• A Year with C. S. Lewis by C. S. Lewis ✮✮✮✮
•  God is in the Manger by Dietrich Bonhoeffer ✮✮✮✮
• High Road Leadership by Dr. John C. Maxwell ✮✮✮✮ 

I'm currently reading...

• Lectures to My Students by Charles Spurgeon
• Faith's Checkbook by Charles Spurgeon
  
• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
  
• The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
• Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership by Ruth Haley Barton
• Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff
  

This week's blog posts...

• First Line Friday #26: Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff is here.
  

 I am thankful for...

• A great job done by Miss Betsy at our painting party.
  

• The fun time of crafting I had with my friend Diana.
• My improving card making skills.

 

• The ability to trade my vacation days for sick leave.  I've had some kind of sinus goo since New Year's Eve.  That is NOT a vacation.  My supervisor allowed me to cancel the vacation days I asked for and resubmit a request for them to be sick days.  Not every job allows that.
• OTC decongestants.
  
• Online church services.  No, it's not the same as being there, but it helps when I can't attend.